عنوان

Race and the decision to seek the death penalty in federal cases /

شابک

0833039660

شابک

9780833039668

شماره

b713690

عنوان اصلي

Race and the decision to seek the death penalty in federal cases /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Stephen P. Klein, Richard A. Berk, Laura J. Hickman.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Santa Monica, Calif. :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Rand Corp.,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2006.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xxiv, 183 pages :

ساير جزييات

digital, PDF file

متن يادداشت

"TR-389."

متن يادداشت

Title from PDF title screen (viewed August 8, 2006).

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and appendices.

متن يادداشت

Introduction and Background -- Data collection methods -- Description of data on key variables -- A statistical analysis of charging decisions in death-eligible federal cases: 1995-2000 -- Supporting data for Klein, Freedman, and Bolus -- Race and the federal death penalty chapter -- The predictors used -- Charging decisions in death-eligible federal cases (1995-2000): arbitrariness, capriciousness, and regional variation -- Differences among defendants -- Summary of Findings and Conclusions -- Appendix A: About the authors -- Appendix B: Two advisory committees -- Appendix C: Capital-eligible offenses -- Appendix D: Coding forms and rules -- Appendix E: Training agenda -- Appendix F: Case summary form.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

This study examined the relationship between the federal government's decision to seek the death penalty in a case and that case's characteristics, including the defendant's and victim's races. This research began by identifying the types of data that would be appropriate and feasible to gather. Next, case characteristics were abstracted from Department of Justice Capital Case Unit (CCU) files. Defendant- and victim-race data were obtained from electronic files. Finally, three independent teams used these data to investigate whether charging decisions were related to defendant or victim race. The teams also examined whether these decisions were related to case characteristics and geographic area. There are large race effects in the raw data that are of concern. However, all three teams found that controlling for nonracial case characteristics eliminated these effects, and that these characteristics could predict the seek decision with 85 to 90 percent accuracy. These findings support the view that decisions to seek the death penalty were driven by heinousness of crimes rather than by race. Nevertheless, these findings are not definitive because of the difficulties in determining causation from statistical modeling of observational data.

متن يادداشت

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

دسترس پذيري

Online only

عنوان

Race and the decision to seek the death penalty in federal cases.

موضوع مستند نشده

Capital punishment-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Discrimination in criminal justice administration-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Race discrimination-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Capital punishment.

موضوع مستند نشده

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

موضوع مستند نشده

Race discrimination.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

بدون عنوان

7

شماره

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Klein, Stephen P.,1938-

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Berk, Richard A.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Hickman, Laura J.

تاريخ عمليات

20201208040325.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y